Spoiler Saving in Combat

[Robert Nutter]

Seems to be alright so far, and I've always upped the limit with no side effects except the inevitable lag on bringing up the loading menu. Will use caution though

 

[Mere_Mortal]

Well... it seems that boarding is not saved per-se, I’m being booted back to the sea upon reloading. I don’t know yet, but I’m assuming that loot, crew status, etc, is saved, but the boarding must be done again. Therefore, I wonder what might happen if I kill the captain and then save/reload?

Anyway, I’ve found something. I have disabled ENABLE_EXTRA_SOUNDS and it seems now that the game is crashing not only every time I loot a body, but also chests. I haven’t checked it in a town. I also hit a buffer overflow when I returned to the main map.

PauseAllSounds
SETTING MUSIC: music_map
ResumeAllSounds
Repair & Defence skill added in ProcessSailRepair: 1.5714 actual 2

Island Set
User Rised Exception
C:\PROJECTS\DRIVE_V2\ENGINE\SOURCES\s_stack.cpp line 47
stack overflaw

“A stack overflaw was rised”. Cool.

Somebody mentioned something about repairs while looting, I’ve also already suspected an issue with the music and/or sound effects. I’ll have more of a look at it and if I can find anything useful then I’ll post it in the other thread.

UPDATE - It’s not crashing every time, I just boarded a Ketch and looted everything without a problem. Might this have been because I had no sail cloths?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Well... it seems that boarding is not saved per-se, I’m being booted back to the sea upon reloading.

You want to save DURING boarding? I most definitely do not recommend trying that because I have NO clue what the side-effects might be.
Don't forget: There is a reason why it is disabled in the main mod.

I have disabled ENABLE_EXTRA_SOUNDS and it seems now that the game is crashing not only every time I loot a body, but also chests. I haven’t checked it in a town. I also hit a buffer overflow when I returned to the main map.

Wha? Less sounds and game stability got WORSE?
I'd expect it to be the same or better.

It’s not crashing every time, I just boarded a Ketch and looted everything with a problem.

WITH a problem? Or did you mean "without"?

 

[Mere_Mortal]

Sorry, didn’t see your reply.

What happened is that I disabled extra sounds and next thing I know I get whacked by a nasty bugger overflaw. But... it hasn’t happened since, and nor have I experienced any other problems which could be related. It must also have been something about the ship I boarded which caused it to crash every time I looted, which as we’ve discussed already can be very temperamental.

As for the map crash I think it was just random, possibly relating to the repair system again because quite often when I leave the sea either myself or a companion receives a promotion for repair work, so I’m guessing that was something to do with it.

And yes, I meant “without”... I thought I edited that.